Visual Studio 2019 Build Instructions

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019.
• CMake >= 3.12 (should be supplied as part of VS2019 installation).
• Clone https://github.com/spektom/snappy-visual-cpp, and follow build instructions in README.md.
• Install Boost from https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost-binaries/1.68.0/boost_1_68_0-msvc-14.1-64.exe.
• Add C:\<path to>\boost_1_68_0\lib64-msvc-14.1 to PATH environment variable.

Building

cd lang\c++
cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DBOOST_ROOT=C:\<path to>\boost_1_68_0 -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=c:\<path to>\boost_1_68_0\boost  -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=c:\<path to>\boost_1_68_0\lib64-msvc-14.1 -DSNAPPY_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\<path to>\snappy-visual-cpp -DSNAPPY_LIBRARIES=C:\<path to>\snappy-visual-cpp\x64\Release\snappy.lib ..
msbuild Avro-cpp.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64